The UK’s Health Security Agency has charged taxpayers hundreds of thousands of pounds in three years for equipment to let its staff work from home. Time for that quango bonfire…
The Health Security Agency is a sponsored by the Health Department and “prevents, prepares for and responds to infectious diseases, and environmental hazards”. A parliamentary written answer reveals that the UKHSA has spent £396,941 on work from home “equipment” in the last three years. Of that £111,213 was spent last year. For that cash you could:
The taxpayer may have a view on which should be prioritised. UK DOGE recommends costs are cut here…
Guido revealed this morning that Wandsworth Borough Council is now offering 50% off e-bike rentals to asylum seekers. They’re not the only council offering asylum seekers freebies…
Labour-run Lambeth Council is also dishing out perks. Their own website bluntly states they “do not offer financial help for school uniforms”. Unless, of course, you’re an asylum seeker. Since 2023, the council has handed out £100 per child to asylum-seeking families for school uniforms and supplies. Tough luck for other struggling families…
Lambeth also covers the £15-£20 cost of an Oyster Photocard – but only for asylum seekers. William Yarwood of the TaxPayers’ Alliance – who spotted the freebie – told Guido:
“It’s completely unsustainable for so many arms of the state to be giving priority to asylum seekers over British citizens. We increasingly have two-tier services across the board.”
Guido will be exposing more councils offering asylum seekers free stuff in the Asylum Freebiegate files…
Corbyn and Sultana are probably hoping to get some disgruntled left-wing staffers signed up to their new party’s website. No chance of that, sorry…
Parliament WiFi blocks the website if you try to click on it. On malware grounds…
“National Cyber Security Centre: a part of GCHQ.
This site may be associated with malicious activity or malware.
Access to this site has been blocked by the Protective DNS Service
Site: yourparty.uk
Please contact your local Network Administrator or IT support if you require further assistance.”
If you do manage to sign up you are asked for donations and then told: “Soon you’ll receive information about how you can participate in the inaugural conference, where we will determine the direction of this party, the models for leadership and what the party stands for.“ So long as you can access the site…
Jeremy Corbyn has officially launched a new party with lefty MP Zarah Sultana. A few weeks after Zarah jumped the gun…
A YouGov poll shows nearly one in five Britons would consider voting for party led by Corbyn. Bad news for Starmer…
Read their statement in full below:
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Despite promising to secure stab vests for prison officers nearly two months ago Labour has made no progress to fulfil its promise. On 3 June Shabana Mahmood announced in the Commons amid a wave of violent attacks against prison officers:
“I know this House shares my anger at recent attacks against prison officers. After the awful events at HMP Frankland, I commissioned a review of the use of protective body armour. Today, I can announce I will mandate its use in Close Supervision Centres, Separation Centres, and Segregation Units in the High Security Estate.”
Over seven weeks later and in response to a written question from Robert Jenrick the MoJ has confirmed that officers still don’t have their armour:
“We are working to ensure that PBA will be made and issued as quickly as possible. Staff continue to have the ability to wear PBA (with other personal protective equipment) when necessary.”
Meanwhile the attacks continue. Labour might want to get a move on…
Job cuts are gathering pace again as the full force of Rachel Reeves’ ‘Awful April’ tax raid hammers through the economy. According to the latest S&P Global flash PMI, staffing numbers plunged in July at the fastest rate since February. Private sector output growth slipped again in July, down to a limp 51.0 from 52.0 last month…
That makes it ten consecutive months of falling employment across both manufacturing and services. S&P Global’s Chris Williamson said:
“Higher staffing costs have exacerbated firms’ existing concerns over payroll numbers in the current environment of weak demand, resulting in another month of sharply reduced headcounts in July. The economy struggling to expand as we move into the second half of the year.”
Rachel Grieves probably getting used to these figures by now…
Starmer loyalist and Housing Secretary Steve Reed told Sky News that Starmer should not be replaced:
“We saw what the Tories did. They were in power for 14 years, and after 2016, I think we had nine education secretaries, seven chancellors, and five Prime Ministers. Doomscrolling through Prime Ministers doesn’t resolve the problem.”